Taxonomy Flashcards
1
Q
What is a Taxon?
A
- Smaller groups are placed in larger groups with no overlap between them.
- Each group is called a taxon.
2
Q
What are Trees of life?
A
- used to be soley based on physical similarities between organisms
3
Q
What is a phylogenetic tree?
A
- A phylogenetic tree is a graphical representation of the evolutionary relationships between biological entities, usually sequences or species.
4
Q
What is taxonomy?
A
- Taxonomy is the practice of biological classification
5
Q
What can multiple smaller taxa do?
A
- Multiple smaller taxa can be put into one larger taxon
6
Q
What is the largest taxon to the smallest?
A
- Domain
- Kingdom
- phylum
- class
- order
- family
- genus
- species
